[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 64 (Thursday, April 6, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H4341]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


               WEALTHY AMERICANS GAIN MORE THAN THEY PAY

  (Mr. KEVIN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KEVIN. Mr. Speaker, a central issue yesterday was what is the 
impact of the bill on various income groupings. The gentleman who heads 
the Committee on Ways and Means yesterday said that wealthy Americans 
will pay a slightly higher portion of the Nation's total tax bill.
  True. But that is because 1 percent of all taxpayers will have an 
income increase in the year 2000 of $47 billion if this bill ever was 
enacted.

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  So their share of taxes goes up slightly because their share of 
wealth goes up tremendously.
  I now just want to say a word about ethnic slurs in this country. A 
slur on any part of America is a slur on all of America. People should 
not be excused for outrageous statements because they are outrageous on 
many other occasions. A gentleman in the other body owes everyone in 
America an apology.

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